FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau, Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Malaysia’s Parliament yesterday approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms, bringing possible reprieves
A Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country’s declining birthrate unveiled a draft proposal Friday aimed at reversing the downtrend, including increased subsidies for childrearing
A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight hours, killing at least 31 of the approximately 250 passengers and
Thai authorities used helicopters yesterday to try to contain a fire that overnight engulfed two mountains on largely undeveloped forest land in a province northeast of
Pakistan announced it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation
Philippine police seized more than 500 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine concealed in tea bags yesterday and arrested a suspected Chinese drug dealer in a northern mountain
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his nuclear scientists to increase production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his
Moscow test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Defense Ministry said yesterday, with two boats launching a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy
The Australian government took a major step toward implementing a key climate policy that would force chief greenhouse gas polluters to reduce emissions, with the minor
A Japanese student showed up to graduation as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s lookalike, wearing his signature olive-colored, snug-fit T-shirt and khaki trousers to show his support for
India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi this weekend launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was being targeted because he has
The Taliban government is trying to take charge of more Afghan embassies abroad, a spokesman said this weekend, amid their continued international isolation because of restrictions
Japan and South Korea almost simultaneously dropped their export claims against each other in the latest sign of improving ties. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade
The Australian government yesterday released the wording of a referendum question that promises the nation’s Indigenous population a greater say on policies that effect their lives.
An Indian court found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation yesterday over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname and sentenced him to two
Ukraine faced more Russian drone attacks yesterday that killed at least three people shortly after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left Kyiv. Kishida was back in
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Kyiv yesterday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in neighboring Russia for a three-day visit
The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it is assessing Sri Lanka’s governance in the first case of an Asian country facing scrutiny for corruption as part
Asian stock markets sank yesterday after Swiss authorities arranged the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse amid fears of a global banking crisis ahead of a Federal
A former United States military pilot accused of training Chinese aviators could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him
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